"Its my fiends number that has been spoofed, please ignore"
Impersonation calls
2,375 community reports tagged Impersonation call across 2,238 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged Impersonation call are steady: 72 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 74.1 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 57% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
98% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Numbers used
Reports tagged Impersonation call cover 2,238 different numbers. 300 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 1,342 · 57%
- Suspicious 995 · 42%
- Unknown 37 · 2%
- Safe 1 · 0%
Most common call type: Mobile Network Scam (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone)
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 20
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Morning 6am to 12pm 650
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 1,358
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Evening 6pm to 12am 347
Latest reports
"Scammer pretending to be from Barclays about a dodgy transaction of Β£899.99 to Mohammed Khan."
"Registered with TPS but still called Called twice said it was from willesden firestation?"
"SCAM purporting to be CURRIES DELIVERY SUPPORT TEAM"
"Automated/robocall claim to be a company called Norton"
"Claimed to be from my bank and said that my account had been frozen."
"Pressured me to act fast. The person claimed to be a known celebrity, but asked for financial support of $200.00"
"Scam car sales by a person who calls himself Robert Odermatt. Genuine car sales adverts are cloned and in order to move forward with the sale the number 02895 810080. is given for a company called Voroeus Haulage who will take payment and delivery is arranged."
"Asked for personal information . Wanted an item I advertised on gumtree. Claimed that the parcel company he gave details of would pick up the item and make payment. The parcel company asked for my card details to make payment before they picked up the item! I did not give them"
"Fake NHS appointment reminder. " "Press 1 to continue" message . Press 2 for Chinese ". Insta - block"
"Claimed to be from my bank about a suspicious transaction with eBay"
"Caller left a message:- "You have important document that you have failed to collect despite multiple notifications. To check the details, please press one for English or 2 for Chinese. NH""
"This number was used to send me a text message headed NATIONWIDE ALERT and went on to give an OTP number to approve a Β£450 purchase and if it wasn't me who was making the purchase to call 03330047920. No bank, credit card or other finance company name was given. CLEARLY A SCAM"
"Threatened arrest or legal action chinese press 2 english press 1"
"Claimed to be from Three saying that they had merged with Vodafone and EE. Saying my n umber would be blocked in 2 days."
"Didn't verify their identity - one assumes this is spam or worse. Surely surely surely there should be legislation to force these callers to identify themselves"
"They claimed to be from a company HSBC fraud line"
"Claimed to be from my network they keep ringing me stating they are my network and ii keep telling them they are not, i am no ignoring the phone calls receiving about 5 a day pestering me all the time."
"Claimed to be from fraud squad to contact them to stop a payment"
"Claimed to be from my network, but it was an automated call and asked you to 'press 1' for more info."
"Claimed to be from Microsoft , threatened my bank account pls block got me to buy maccy dees vouchers too pls fix"
"Claimed to be from BT but asked weird questions that were irrelevant or that they should already know."
"They claimed to be from a company Amazon"
"said from immigration department, please don't hang up."